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Artifact Category: Launch pad fragment
Date of use: April 20, 2023
Dimensions: 20 x 13.5 x 7 cm
Weight: 2,054 gr
Description: this piece of concrete was ejected during the destruction of the launch pad for Starship's first test flight.
Post-launch photos showed damage to the concrete underneath the launch pad and to infrastructure at the launch site. SpaceX video showed debris shooting into the ocean nearly half a mile away, and residents within a radius of 6 miles (9.7 km) reported shaking and broken windows. The rocket exhaust scattered debris for hundreds of yards, leaving a crater under its launch mount, and dented the launch site's nearby inert storage tanks.
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Star Base after launch and the pieces of concrete collected in the area. Credit: Spaceoceancorp.
Crater left after the launch. Credit: LabPadre/YouTube
The launch pad was built without flame diverters or sound suppression systems, systems customarily used to prevent damage during liftoff.
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This piece comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Paul S. Mamakos.
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